The interim government has not taken any of the measures recommended by the white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy even after a month and a half of the report’s submission, said economists yesterday.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to revise the value-added tax (VAT) on restaurants, reducing it from the standard rate of 15 percent..The tax administration informed the Bangladesh Restaurant Owners Association of the decision in a letter, though it did not specify the new rate.
Bangladesh’s direct tax expenditure, a tax subsidy that includes rebates, exemptions, and reduced rates offered by the revenue authorities, fell 8 percent year-on-year to Tk 1.15 lakh crore in fiscal 2021-22, according to the tax expenditure estimation report..The National Board of Revenue
Seven out of 19 customs agencies have been integrated
The National Board of Revenue has taken special measures for taxpayers who could not submit their tax returns online due to not having biometrically-verified mobile SIM cards.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) should not both formulate policies and collect revenue, rather a separate, independent and specialised policy wing should be formed, recommended an advisory committee recently. .This should be the first priority when bringing about reforms, said the co
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has for a second time extended by a month the deadline for individual taxpayers to file tax returns.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday formed a nine-member committee to make a policy framework for tax expenditure.
Egg, sugar prices became cheaper to some extent, not other commodities, he says
With the objective of facilitating clean energy generation, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has granted a 15-year tax benefit for investments to establish renewable energy-based power facilities..The revenue authority issued a circular in this regard on November 27, saying it would exe
The number of electronic filings of tax returns more than doubled to over 5 lakh since July this year, thanks to the steps taken by the National Board of Revenue (NBR). .Individual taxpayers filed 2.17 lakh returns between July 1 and November 24 of this fiscal year, according to the NBR.<
Instead of holding an income tax fair, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) says it will have dedicated officials and special arrangements at field-level offices to extend tax services and facilitate return submissions throughout November.
The NBR relaunched the e-filing portal on Sep 9
Tax Commissioner Ikhtiar Uddin is heading the seven-member task force
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked the officials of its income tax wing to be at office ahead of the 9:00am reporting time.
Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials to reconsider the duty structure of imported essential commodities in a bid to tackle persistent inflation..The adviser said essential commodities, namely edible oil, sugar, potato a
The Bangladesh Shipping Agents’ Association (BSAA) has urged the government to waive all port charges incurred for delays in container handling amid the weeklong unrest, internet outage and stringent curfew that began on July 18..The BSAA, the country’s sole trade body for shipping agents,
The late successful businessman had been one of the highest taxpayers in Bangladesh since 2010-11
